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25 December

Folklore from the old calendars

Fifty-three Christmas carols at Rhuddlan No longer kept FlintshireDavid Jones, a Welsh village poet of Rhuddlan, sang a carol of his own composing in Rhuddlan church every Christmas Day for fifty-three years.

6 March, not tied to the day

Folklore from the old calendars

The Hill of the Fairies at Mold Lore and belief FlintshireNear Mold stood an ancient burial mound that the Welsh country people called Bryn yr Ellyllon, the Hill of the Fairies.

Corpus Christi

Folklore from the old calendars

Fern and flowers at the door for Corpus Christi No longer kept FlintshirePennant's manuscript notes that in Wales, on the eve of the Thursday after Trinity Sunday, the feast of Corpus Christi, the people of Caerwys strewed before their doors a kind of fern they called Red yn Mair.

21 June, not tied to the day

Folklore from the old calendars

The wizard of Tremeirchion Lore and belief FlintshireA tomb in the north wall of Tremeirchion church was said to be that of a vicar who died about 1340 and practised magic.

24 June

Folklore from the old calendars

The cuckoo silent after Midsummer Day Lore and belief Flintshire, MontgomeryshireIn Montgomeryshire, on the Shropshire border, it was held that the cuckoo never sang after Midsummer Day, and a rhyme said she sang in April, May and Midsummer, but never on that day.

1 July, not tied to the day

Folklore from the old calendars

St Winifred’s Well Still kept FlintshireOn 1 July 1652 John Taylor, the Water Poet, visited St Winifred's Well at Holywell, which Chambers calls the most famous holy well in the three kingdoms.

3 November, not tied to the day

Folklore from the old calendars

The wishing stone at Holywell Lore and belief FlintshireUnder St Winifred's Day Hone gave Pennant's account of her well at Holywell.

From the shop: Folklore

A Dictionary of English FolkloreJacqueline Simpson, Steve Roud
Briggs’s Dictionary of FairiesKatharine Briggs
The Folklore of DiscworldTerry Pratchett, Jacqueline Simpson

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